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Present Simple and Daily Routines Guide

The document discusses the use of the present simple tense and frequency adverbs in English. It provides examples of how to use the present simple to talk about habitual actions and general truths. It also explains how frequency adverbs like always, usually, and sometimes are used to indicate how often something occurs, and that they are generally placed before main verbs or after forms of the verb to be. The document concludes by providing exercises for learners to practice using the present simple and frequency adverbs in sentences about daily routines.

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Present Simple and Daily Routines Guide

The document discusses the use of the present simple tense and frequency adverbs in English. It provides examples of how to use the present simple to talk about habitual actions and general truths. It also explains how frequency adverbs like always, usually, and sometimes are used to indicate how often something occurs, and that they are generally placed before main verbs or after forms of the verb to be. The document concludes by providing exercises for learners to practice using the present simple and frequency adverbs in sentences about daily routines.

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Use

Form

My father wakes me up at 7 o
clock
I wake up at 8 oclock
Does my father wake me up?
Do I wake up at 8 oclock?
My father doesn't wake me
up.

You use the Present Simple when you want to


talk about something you do regularly.
I usually catch the bus.
To talk about facts that are generally true.
The sun rises every day.
You can also use the present simple when you
want to talk about your thoughts and feelings
at the present moment.
I don't want to feel as if you don't like me.

Use
Always, often, usually,
sometimes, frequently,
seldom, every day, once
a week, generally
I often dance and do a
show.

They indicate
how often
something
occurs and are
generally used
with Present
Simple.

Position

Form

We usually put these adverbs:


Before full verbs: drive, say,
1. Wake up
feel.
2. Get
He always goes to school
at up
8
3.
Take
a
shower
oclock
Adverb4.+Brush
verb (my teeth
5.
Wash
(my) face
After the verb be.
6. Shave
His father is sometimes tired in the
7. Dry (my) hair
evening.
8. Brush (my) hair
9. Comb (my) hair
10. Put on make up
11. Take a bath
12. Get dressed
13. Have breakfast
14. Go to work
15. Go back home
16. Get undressed
17. Cook
18. Have lunch
19. Have dinner
20. Drink
21. Watch TV
22. Go to bed
23. Sleep

Write the frequency adverbs in the right place :


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

She is happy (usually) ______________________________________


He makes his bed. (always) __________________________________
1. wake up
She wakes up at seven. ( often) _______________________________
2. Get up
I study on Saturdays. (never) _________________________________
3. Take a shower
She goes to school by bus. (never) ____________________________

4. Brush (my teeth


5. Wash (my) face
6. Shave
Fill in the blanks with the correct form (Present Simple)
the (my)
verbshair
in
7. of
Dry
brackets.
8. Brush (my) hair
9. Comb (my) hair
10. Put
on make up
Mary __________ (go) to the bathroom and __________ (wash)
her face.
__________ she __________ breakfast for her brother? (prepare)
11. Take a bath
Mark __________ (take) his dog for a walk in the park every
[Link].
Get dressed
__________they __________ to school every day? (go)
13. Have breakfast
Kevin sometimes __________ lost in Lisbon . (get)
[Link]
go __________
to work the
__________ Susan __________ the piano? No, she __________.
15. go back home
guitar. (play)
Mary __________ (watch) TV before dinner.
16. Get undressed
I always __________ (get up)at 7 oclock
17. Cook
18. Have lunch
19. Have dinner
20. Drink
Using the present simple and frequency adverbs write21.
about
yourTV
daily
Watch
routine.
22. go to bed
23. Sleep

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